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  • Just In: Police files fresh charges against Dele Farotimi at Federal high court

    Just In: Police files fresh charges against Dele Farotimi at Federal high court

    The Nigerian police on Friday filed 12 fresh charges against prominent human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who was arrested in Lagos on Tuesday and transferred to Ekiti State.

    TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the activist was charged before the Federal High Court In Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, over allegations of cybercrime.

    It would be recalled the popular activist was arraigned before court on Wednesday following defamation charges brought by senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Afe Babalola.

    Farotimi is accused of defaming Babalola through allegations in his book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, claiming that Babalola corrupted the Supreme Court to secure fraudulent judgments for his clients. The lawyer remains in custody, with a bail hearing scheduled for Tuesday, December 10 at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court.

    TNG learned that the police filed fresh charges on Friday to frustrate Farotimi’s bail application and keep him in remand.

    According to SaharaReporters, some of the fresh counts read “That you Dele Farotimi ‘m’ on 28th August 2024 knowingly and intentionally transmitted communication in an online interview on Mic On Podcast by Seun Okinbaloye on your YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4USuxBfZCOA) in respect of a book authored and published by you titled: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System” wherein you stated in the interview that: “Aare Afe Babalola corrupted the judiciary” which you know to be false information for the purpose of causing breakdown of law and order thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 24(1) (b) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015 as amended.

    “COUNT II: That you Dele Farotimi ‘m’ on 28th August 2024 knowingly and intentionally transmitted communication in an online interview on Mic On Podcast by Seun Okinbaloye on your Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4USuxBfZCQA) in respect of a book authored and published by you titled: “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System” wherein you stated in the interview that “Aare Afe Babalola corrupted the judiciary” with the intention of bullying and harassing the named persons thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 24 (a) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015 as amended.

    “COUNT III: That you Dele Farotimi ‘m’ on 2nd December, 2024 intentionally sent a message in the course of a press conference held on Online on your YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k6HzdQXLEK) where you stated that: “It came to my knowledge that there is a charge preferred before a court in Ekiti State against me at the instance of Chief Afe Babalola.”

  • Ogun PDP Crisis: I’m not affected by court ruling – Showunmi

    Ogun PDP Crisis: I’m not affected by court ruling – Showunmi

    Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) factional governorship candidate in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, has given his reactions to the Abeokuta Federal High Court judgment nullifying all the primaries conducted by the party in the state.

    According to a statement made available to pressmen in Abeokuta, Showunmi appealed to his supporters not to worry about the judgment of the Federal High Court.

    The statement reads in part  “the judgment has nothing to do with the lawsuit I instituted against the party in the state seeking the dissolution of the leadership of the party, while also asking the court to bar them from conducting the 2023 primaries over allegation of bias.”

    Showunmi described the judgment as another bold move to strengthen democratic ideals, saying that it would ensure that  the choice of the party’s candidates was not handpicked by just a few but by larger party members eligible to do that under the electoral act.

    He  noted that the case he filed at an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta against the Sikirulahi Ogundele party executive was dismissed for lacking in jurisdiction; stating, however, that an Abuja Appeal Court had ordered that the case be heard on merit.

    Showunmi enjoined his followers to keep hope alive and never stop mobilizing support for the victory of PDP both at the state and national levels.

    He expressed confidence that the court will soon serve the much awaited justice concerning the matter

    “The court will soon serve the much awaited justice as I remain sincerely set to redefine governance in the state.”

    Recall that  some members of the PDP in Ogun had gone to court to challenge the delegate lists used during the PDP primaries that produced Oladipupo Adebutu as the party’s governorship candidate and others.

    In his judgment, Justice O. O. Oguntoyinbo annulled all the PDP primary elections and ordered that fresh ones be conducted within the next 14 days.

    Although, Showunmi declared that the primary election that he emerged from is genuine and cannot be tampered with.